Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 61, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 7, 1943 Page: 1 of 16
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'U. S. Warships Sink Two Jap Destroyers In Night Battle
BUY IT IN SWEETWATER
46th Year
By Rita Weaver
Returning with !he first con-
tingent of United States Marines
after the 1 tattle for the Solo-
mons was Pvt. Wayne White
of Abilene, a machine gunner,
bemeduled for service and brav-
ery, who during the week was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
lJeiiusk of Sweetwater.
Shown in the accompanying
• FIVE TORPEDO
PLANES ALSO
DESTROYED
WASHINGTON, March (i —
j (UP)—American warships sank
two large Japanese destroyers
ciuring a night bombardment of
enemy bases in the Solomons
and in an earlier action, shot
down five of seven Japanese
torpedo planes which tried un-
successfully to attack a U. S.
convoy, the navy reported to-
day.
The battle between sur-
face ships, first ol' Its kind
in the Solomons since Nov.
30, brought to 02 the num-
ber of Japanese ships sunk
since tlie island campaign
started last Aug. 7, against
30 U. 8. ships lost. Destruc-
tion of tlie torpedo planes
lifted to 882 the total of en-
emy air losses in the Solo-
mons.
On the night of March 5-G (is-
land time), the navy said, an
American task force composed
of light surface units bombarded
Munda and Vila in the central
Solomons. The enemy destroy-
ers were sunk when they tried
to drive the Americans off. No
U. S. ship was lost.
It was the first exchange of
blows between surface craft
since American and Japanese un-
its clashed off I.unga Point,
Guadalcanal. There the enemy
lost six destroyers, two troop
transports and a cargo ship. We
lost the cruiser Northampton
and suffered damage to other
ships.
The Japanese torpedo plane
attack on the American convoy
took place Feb. 17, "No damage
to U. S. vessels was suffered,”
the navy said.
Fred B. Slater,
(7, Of Divide
Dies In Roscoe
Fred B. Slater, 07, Divide stock
farmer, died at 11:10 p. m.. Fri-
day at the Roscoe hospital,
where he had suffered a brain
ailment for several weeks.
He is survived by his mother.
Mrs. J. F. Slater of Sweetwater;
a daughter, Mrs. N. M. Fs.sery
and two grandchildren, all of
Sweetwater; a brother, E. .1.
Slater of Quincy, ill., who ar-
rived last week to be at his
bedside.
His wife died in January, lie
became ill only a few days fol-
lowing.
Services will be held at I p.
ill., Sunday at the Nolan church
with the Rev. Howard Hollo
well of O'Donnell and the Rev. I
II. A. Hanks of Brownfield, as-
sisted by the Rev. Mr. McLain !
of Nolan.
Yates Funeral Home will di-|
rect burial in Slater's Chapel, the
cemetery bearing the name of
his parents, early day settlers
of this county.
Palllxarers \.re to be H. S. This vear the Governor pro-
\\ light, Odis Moore, Everett claimed Texas Children's Week
Sweetwater Reporter KM.
‘West Texas’ Leading Newspaper”
DEDICATED TO SERVICE
Sweetwater, Texas, Sunday, March 7, 1943
Number 61
America "Its Home Folk, Its Children
Worth Defending Says Marine Fighter
HITLER FLEE!
COLD SUNDAY
FOR TEXANS
PREDICTED
: 'Taint so cold—say some of J
j tlie old timer , who have seen f
| it when—
i Lang Aycocli comes along Sat- J
urday afternoon saying that it’s :
nothing like as cold as it's going j
to be—meaning today. Lang has.
seen all kinds of weather in
West Texas and elsewhere. He
recalled a time in Arkansas
v lien he saw it snow in Aug-
ust.
One Sunday—.July 4—it sleet-
ed hi Sweetwater, just to prove
that all of the cold weather is
not occurring in March, 1943.
A second cold front, expected
DEIH’SK A N il WHITE
Item.
——--------
.
photograph arc Pvt. White and
DeBusk. a sergeant in the Sweet-
water Home Defense guard. The
Marine timed his visit here on
Friday so he could visit the
guard at the regular meeting.
He addressed the men and gave
instructions for bayonet fighting
and for ju jitsu for hand-to-
hand combat as it. was practiced j
in the islands.
Tlie Marine morale is high,
the youth said. He took part in
combat that will go down in his-
tory as America’s first hand to
Pari Of 156,884 Put in Viiei Jobs
Seas. His experiences in the i
PREPARING
TO ATTACK
LONDON. March <i — (UP)
Germany is preparing to throw:'" «luui the frettee earlier this
,, ! week, was piling in on North
her biggo 1 war-hip.’ into an all- /j’cxas Saturday, according to
out r.impaigu, to di-rupt allied niLed Pres-.
sea route-- .ir,ill knock the ini- The niereurv had gone into a
p 11-' \nglo Aiiu rir.'in inva po-edive in tlie Panhandli- and
i‘ : "i i .ui o'- "li cltcdule. lows of . i.\ aljov< zero wore re
I advice.- from tli cconiinnet said . ported at Amarillo and Pampa.
The perk of tin- enld vi- ex-
Surface raiders arc expected peeled to strike Fort Worth,
to be u ed to augment the and Dallas about daybreak to-I
gri test fleet of r boat \ et day and drive the temperature
sc," into the Atlantic in prey- wn to between 10 and 15 de-j
ing on allied convoys carrying | grees.
men and supplies to Britain! Saturday temperature- otrtr|
and
Spring, It); Abilene, 19; Lub-
| bock, 13; Dallas, 23; Corpus, 46;
Brownsville, 64; Beaumont, 43;
WORN BED I N AC TION —
< jil. Roy Khai ii, 23. a United
Stales Marine that saw 28
Rays action in the battle for
Guadalcanal, is home on 30-
day leave utter recovering of a
shrapnel wound that penetra-
ted his skull. He flew 1,000
miles after being placed oil a
stretcher at I lie island hospi-
tal, and after a series of op-
erations, he reached the C. S.
Naval hospital in < aiifornia,
•Ian. 25.
SWEETWATER SCHOOLS AID WAR EFFORT—They are doing
their bit to train men and women for war industry. Pictured
above are two traineees of the arcraft riveting class. Mrs. Lenda
Owens (front) and Mrs. Ruth Carter, both of Sweetwater.
Sweetwater Warptanl School Trains
SWEETWATER
rkKusSrS and mUni' I PmnS"' Fmcia^nd,or ' ?| jj|||J|^y
ITS CHILDREN
Germany ml ready has
massed a sizeable fleet of
warships along the western
coast of Norway, spearhead-
ed by the powerful battle-
ship Tirpitz.
Other warships now anchored
in Norwegian fjords between
Trondheim and the North Cape
at the northernmost tip nf Nor-
way were- reported to he the
K1.600 - ton pocket battleships
1 utzow and Admiral Sclieer,
lwo cruisers of the 10,000-ton
flipper class, .several light cru-
isers and destroyers and prob-1
Soul li Pacific have been varied,
aside from fighting. On hi. re :
turn to the United States his
ship was sunk and he lost his
Ste MARINES Page 3
PLEA MADE
FOR CHILD
NURSERY
Hy Mai’Miii P. MoiiIic.mI
Supt rvi**.oi* Child Mrlhirr I nil
Pool, Ross Artman, A. D. Seward i.'obruarv 28 to March 6. II ha
and I om McCoy.
I
Red Cross Canteen
Corps Starling
The Red Cross Canteen corps,
of which Mrs. G. M. Bettis, city
council president, is chairman,
goes into action in Sweetwater
tomorrow at the USO club.
In ordinary times the Canteen
Corps served the community in
sponsoring and directing practi-
cal activities relates to food,
such as gardening, canning and
school lunch projects.
One main objective of the Can-
teen is to create volunteer or-
ganization trainees for emergen-
cy family and group feedings in
disaster of war.
Miss Roberta Martin will in-
struct the Canteen course from
1 to 5 p. m., each day this
week. The purpose, said Mrs.
Bettis, is to condense 20 hours
course in this week. She also
)> adding a night course for the
week. This course will be 10
hours and graduates will be can-
teen aides, working with Can-
teen corps volunteers.
Mrs. Bettis named a commit-
tee composed of Mrs. M. K. Stev-
enson, chairman of nutrition;
See RED CROSS Page 3
Win Now Or Never
Tojo Surmises
By United Press
Tokyo radio. Quoting Pre-
mier General Heiliki Tojo,
indicated today that official
Japan believes it must win
the war this year or face
defeat.
The Tokyo broadcast,
heard by United Press at
San Francisco, quoted Tojo
as saying that “1943 is the
year in which the issue of
the world war must be de-
cided.”
By i'perilling 2 [ ^ huur*
daily in many instance ■;
and utilizing (heir vocation-
;il facilities to the limit the
public schools of Texas have
traned through special cour-
ses operating four to eight
weeks, a total of 156,804 men
and women for war industry
jobs during the past 30
months. Dr. L. A. Woods,
state superintendent of pub-
lic instruction reported to-
day.
Included among these are
both lr.en and women train-
ed in several classes at the
at tlie Sweetwater war in-
dustries s'hool in the old
high school building.
Public schools in largo
cities and small towns alike
have share..! in this pro-
gram f i n a n e e d by the
federal government and car-
tied out under the super-
vision of the State Board
for Vocational Education.
Those being trained come
fro‘1! oven vocation and
pi'ofc aon, and for the
most part range in age from
21 to 65 years of age althou-
gh the figure includes
those 24 years of age and
under enrolled by the. NYA
and prov ided with miscel-
laneous jobs assignments
while receiving training.
The aircraft manufactur-
ing plan's of this .state and
the huge shipyards along
the Texas eoasl have em-
ployed the bulk of these
trainees through the em-
l loyment service. Many of
these trainees have return-
ed to the schools for “re-
Ir shot" courses and have
advanced to leadennen pos-
itions in plants operating on
government war contracts
A majority began work as
\vi.Id's s, marine pine fitters
mari.ic electricians, ship-
yard sheet metal workers,
ship loftmen, ship
try, and fitters.
San Antonio, 37 and Galveston,
49.
BIGGEST RAF
BOMBERS ON
ESSEN RAID
'in the na-
AMERICANS
ADVANCE IN
TUNISIA
LONDON, March 6—(UP)—A
terrific assault on Essen, arsen-
I of Germany and home of the
Krupp Works, carried the Royal
Air Force’s assault on the Axis
into its tenth consecutive night
last night.
Returning pilots reported
great seas of flame leaping up
i from the'city from the 40-min-
ute attack that loosed 150 two-
ton block busters on the indus-
trial center. Fourteen bombers
| were lost.
The Allies moved over to the
offensive in most Tunisian see-
tot- American troops occupied
Pichon and French forces mov-
ed into Ousseltia, 55 miles from
the eastern coast. In the north-
t rn sector, however, the British
:abandoned Sed Jenane to the
Germans and retired to a new
1 line to the West.
American land forces
madi' an important advance
on the central Tunisian
front. The Allies announced
the capture of Pirhon by
American troops, opening
the way for an eastward
drive toward the important
German base at Kairouan
and the port of Sousse.
Although the immediate mili-
tary effects of the air offensive
may not equal the crushing
blow- delivered by Russia on
Sweetwater ..... ,......._
lion in a v rtiir < tivitj that »*>e eastern front, there is little
will ii ai: pei'si ;. identifies- ,ioubt ‘hat the air war has as-
'ion for ail time v 1 n thi week, ' umed an ominous shape for Hit-
i beginning in all city schools, a! 't,r-
i blank ' ill be he filled in hv -v- Reports from the eastern
. ry child in school age' in hunt indicate that the Russians
1 town. ! arc systematically demolishing
Mrs. G ‘ '
| of ...- ............ . .. .
j To (her awiciatVi, i ' ma-CzWtsk-Smolensk rejffcn.
M. Bettis, pr.-iden , the elaborate fort , r-tern, erect-
»he Gir ■ ,,i; , ,| ' u- . et t'v t Germans In t.v; Vyaz-
i ably the new 19.250-ton aircraft f ’ q | I c cher a:--ocialf v, - Mrs. ^re!
carrier Graf Zeppelin. ' UiXDOjX. Marc/i3 6 (UP, Darnell, council war ac- ^“^S^ctward Orel
! The replace,n ynt of Admii'M --The biggest bombers of the tm-es dta= are m charge | ota? of 133 in
j Erich Raeder as commander m |Royal Air Force sent 300 tons ,e»l
i chief of the German naw with I of bombs crashing on Essen. I ''h,s jteP- ‘'k.e(t
I Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz. i home of the Krupp armament ( Ml Be
known as a merciless, fighting works, last night in a 40-minute ; Ste hh* 1 u A 1 1 ‘
! admiral, was seen as: the tip-off | assault that carried the Brit- ’ '
i that the German navy was . ish attack on the axis into i ^
This step, i-ked in all Unit-j'he past 36 hours—cleared out.
iiuth and southwest of Rzhev.
swinging
iver to the offensi-1 tenth straight night
Fourteen bombers are missing
—v—--- | from the raid which rained thou-
j sands of incendiaries' on Essen
j in addition to more titan 150
i two-ton block-busters. The lys-
l.indicated an attacking force of
at least 300 planes.
Returning pilots
j See BRITISH Page
--v-
ChiWrct’i Diseases Few h City
hr,A No??.' CcsimSy During February
been celebrated for four year-
anti as far as is known, Texas is
liic only state which lias an an
ntial Children’s Week. It- pur-
pose is to focus attention on
the needs and the protection of
the state's future citizens
In Sweetwater there exists a
special emergency this Child
tin's Week. It certainly calls for
concerted action from the citi-
zens who can and will save a
vltallv important service for the
pre-school child in the commu (omnumiwilile di ease of-
r.ity. Here in Sweetwater an ex- ehihiten in Sv. ctv...‘er liui'ine
cellent Day Nursery for child- Kel>n: ,rv \ . low for thi-
:cn between the ages two and ...
.school age has been operating
principally on local resources 1 1 Sue t .aU'i .miI.i::
hut with the salaries of work-- com 1 nealth unit, lour chlck-
ers paid from W.P.A funds. | enpox and I whooping cough
These funds ceased March 6. The ’I here was a noticeable incie;
local nursery board is faced | of venereal'disease w ith 19 han-
with necessity of securing addi-ldlcd L.v tl:c unit
tional local support or having; The unit pcr.-naiii'l. Major
to close the nursery. This pro- Kram i Dill, and mu Max-
gram is vital to the interest of! ine McCormiek an’ France; ,llllM' IM1 loday
all pre-school children, but es-.Uuw gave 17 snvllpox iinmuni
pecially children whose moth-. zations: 22 iiiphthcri:i to' lid.
ers must work. : typhoid fcvei and three .--chick
Fathers will tic drafted soon tesi-
li is expected that mothers will Seven x-rays of the chest were
be needed to take the jobs men | mi ’o hj county |
the expense of the tuberculosis
assiH-iatjon.
DISEASES Page s
eurpeii-
MEMORIAL
AT 4 TODAY
FOR SOLDIER
Memorial services will lie
held al l p. in. Sunday at tlie
Church of Christ for PR. Dan-
Pi
"I
Program On Air
This Afternoon
indicated |
urge giver,
BOOST NOLAN
FUND DRIVE
See PLEA Page 2
’lines Isserie
Rioters Ai ¥a!!sj3
VALLEJO, Cal., March G
(I'Pi Marines armed with sub-
machine guns dispersed a riot-
ous crowd of 350 negro and
white service men and some ciw
in Vallejo's
Bi.rhary Coast area near the en-
trance io the.Mare Island ferry.
It was the third such incident
in less than three months among
-oldiers and sailors here. Last
Dec. 2s. marines and shore pa-
This afternoon at 2:30 th
West Texas Chamber of Com
merce will take the air on sta-j
lion K.YO.Y i,:,ging farmei 4 The Large Gift- Committee
the ii-. ! ai p mt m a* ' ii'ifft, h.eaded *>y R. M Simmons Nr-
ports four additional members
to the Century club making
'leday - will be the second j the total membership of this
broadcast in me series launch- club 38 members,
ed by tl e WTCC last Wednesday -The Fifty Dollar club has se-
en the Sweet water station and . cured 16 additional members,
nine other- in the territory Al-1 making a total memberhsip in
together there will be 16 five- this club of 33 members.
(I P)—The senate farm bloc to- minute pre-entutions. every Sun- New members for the Cen-
day prepared for debate next | day afternoon and Wednesday tury club: J. C. Stribling, jr.,
morning. Lance Rears, Maryneal, Plosser-
Fight To Defer
Farmers Looms
For Next Week
WASHINGTON. March (i
v eek on a bill to defer farmers
by demanding re\ ision of mili-
tary strategy—even if it means
a longer war—to as-ure produc-
tion of enough food.
Sen. John It. Bankhead, D..
Prince Air Academy and Van-
1)4\ TO < ov\ EMC dervoort'.-
I'ORT WORTH, Tex.. March New members for S50 club:
—I UP i—Texas member- of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bondies,
the disabled Amir lean veterans Watson-Foeht Co., Mrs. W. W.
Aiu.. unofficial leader of the will bold a skeletonized state Davi-. Brooks Packing Co., Tom
j coalition of southern and west- convention here June 7 and 8. See LARGE GIVERS Page 7
j ern senators disputing the need 1---------
1 for armed forces totaling 11,000,-
I'OOO nc n. was confident that
his revised Dill would get sen-
I ate approval next week. It would
j let local draft boards defer a
! fanner if the lxiard thinks he
| See FARMER Page 2
11,000 Surgical Dressings For Wounded
Made l as! Week By County's Red Cross
« srisSM
wtr - # X? -rtfa?
P\ 1 li.tMI.1)
I IN) II.
tel II. Finch, jr., son of Mrs. j
Eunah Lee Finch of Berkley,;
Mich., and formerly of Nolan j
county. Pvt. Finch is believed to |
have drowned Wile swimming
Red Cross Home
Service Opening
In New Offices
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bibb, chair-
men of the home service de-
partment. Nolan Red Cross,
Monday, will establish depart-
mental offices in Room 16, 2nd
floor of the Texas Bank build-
ing.
The office quarters have been
donated by the bank, anil Ben
Roberts has given over for the
duration tlie desk he used when
doing his first work for Interna-
tional Harvester.
The department phone numb-
er will be Sweetwater 2422.
See
trnimen fired into a crowd of i in the Pacific off Carmel Beach I
Negro and white sailors, wound- j near Monterey . C’alif.. Feb. 17. |
West Texans Held
As Jif Captives
WASHINGTON, March a
—(UP)—Names of (71 Unit-
ed States soldier- held a<
prisoners of war by the Jap-
anese in the Philippine is-
lands have been announced
by the war department.
Names of 16 Texans in-
clude:
Hill, Pvt. Alfred. Lester II.
Hill, brother, San Angelo.
Ward, Pvt. James Q., Mrs.
Lola Marian Ward, mother,
Lamesa. Reeves. Pvt. Gerald
D., Mrs. Ellen L. Reeves mo-
ther, Abilene.
Warren E. Starnes of Ozona
will conduct services with Don
H. Morris, president of Abilene
Christian college, assisting. The
college quartet will sing.
Sweetwater relatives include
the soldier’s grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs, A. p. Smith and his
HOUSTON, Tex., March 6 [ uncles. Movv Smith of Sweetwa-
t UPl—Nazi Germany has no See MEMORIAL Page 5
idea of the disaster approaching I _________y--1—
h. r D. t u -e of the huge Amcri- 8 BURN EH TO HEATH
can army and navy and the; GERING, Neb., March 6 —
almost unbelievable scope of (UP) Eight members of a Mex-
i :ng two negro navy cooks.
'ifam UiDware
Of U. 5. Strength'
your war indu-trics,” Dr. Aetx-
under Loudon, Netherlands am-
bassador to the United Stales,
said today. *
The Dutch ambassador is here
on a tour of inspection of south-
west shipyards, munitions plants
and other war industries.
jean family were burned to
death today when fire destroy-
ed their one-room dwelling. Mrs.
Jesus Garcia and seven of her
children, ranging in age from
two to 19, were killed. The fath-
er and another child are believ-
ed dying.
Ternedo Razes
Texas Village
^\N At (H STINE, lev.
March 6 — (UP) — Wiury
losidcrts of San Augu»-
line today began the unlia|)-
p> work of rebuilding hom-
es (tint bad been damaged
or roiiipieteiv destroyed by
a sbort bid disastrous tor-
nado.
At least one person was
killed by the storm—12 y ear
old I /el Bruant, who was
bit by a flying timber
while he wtis riding on a
bicycle. \ u I horities also
beard a report that an un-
identified gill bad been kill-
ed outside the town. The
Bed Cross is providing re-
lief.
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JIM.Ml t 01,1,1 NS HIES
BUFFALO, N. Y„ March 6 —
(UP)—James J. (jimmy) Col-
lins, 73. considered by many as
the best third baseman in the
annals of baseball, died today
in the Milpard Fillmoee hospi-
tal after a 10 Jay fight against
pneumonia.
One bin
Jxteen worn-
( n, in ad
ijition to t
lie corps ()f
chairmen.
i - and pack-
ers made
oxer 11.000 dressings
at the Si
irgical l>r
es-ings Rc(|
Gl oss root
n this last
w eek Thurs-
day with
a total ol
: 34 women
working
j,,rr |R
e full day.
they mud
l* 3307 spe
mge- New
workers c
an l>o used
in any mor-
any after-
tax-, Mrs
R o-s e
Cll
supervi
j ors were Mrs
and Mrs. J. H. Doscher. Mrs.
Tom Donahue packed. Morning I McCall
packers were Mines. Lloyd Rog- Glass,
ers, Carl Williams. Tom Hughe
(' A. Long. Fred Williams, G.
D. Flesher, Jim Dulaney, John
Simmons, Earl Harber, W. E.
Horne and Tom Marsh. After-
Red noon workers were Mines, E. A.
Dann, James Ferguson, Abe Le-
vy. Ren Roberts, Robert Hoppe.
Mose Newman,, H. Ballew. Anna
New Holbert, Sam Glass. Jim Dulan-
ey. Ross Covey and Tom John-
and | ston.
Wednesday. Mrs. C. A. Rose-
■ ept (trough, chairman, Mrs. J. F.
Wills. Mrs. Homer Bradford,
An- Dalton Moore and Mrs. C.
S Perkins, supervisors and
r- packers, Mrs. Tom Donahue,
Mrs. Royal Headrick, and Mrs.
Rogers, | Charles Paxton.
Workers were Mme.v B. C.
W. P. Anderson, Bob
Robert Hoppe, Ray
Boothe, Floyd Pengra, L. F.
J. C. Stribling Roc Bradford. Chamberlain, E. H. McGiaun,
B. L»een and Manse Wood, for
the morning .session. Afternoon
Joe Pace. Afternoon workers | C
were Mines. Manse Wood, Le
ter Turner, U. J. Dowling, M. workers were Mmes. Seth John-
i. Berry, J H. Beall, B. C Me-j-ton. Edwin Porter, J. H. Dos-
Call, B. B. Brown, George Steph-
ens. R. E. Amos and Fay Stew -
art.
Tuesday, Mrs. R. M. Simmons,
chairman, Mrs. Ed Ponder. Mrs.
H. O. Dean and Mrs. P. L. Ullom.
cher, T W. Curtis, Roe Bradford,
I B S. Cox and Carrie Bridges.
Thursday, Mrs. R. M. Sim-
mons. chin., Mrs. H. O. Dean,
Mrs. L. N. Geldert, Mrs. J. Hub-
bard and Mrs P. L. Ullom. su-
supervisors .mil Mrs, George Ki- pervi.sors. Workers in the morn-
ker, packer. Workers in tin lrg were Mmes. Lester Turner,
morning were Mm< -. T. H. Kent Georg Stephens, John Simmons,
w. W. Traviand, M. E Roberts, *ee NEW SURGICAL Page 8
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